Erin and
Sarah's Field
Guide To...
Kingdom Animalia!!!!!
Species of Owls!
Table of Contents
1. Title
2. This Page
3. Owl Characteristics
4. Snowy Owl
5. Barn Owl
6. Spotted Owl
7. Elf Owl
8. Owl Photo Album
9. Why We Made This Google Doc
10. Fun Facts
11. Credits 1
12. Credits 2
13. A Fun Surprise!
Owl Characteristics
~Owls typically have rounded
heads.
~Talons
~The Barn Owl is easily
identified by it's heartshaped face. (Barn Owl only.)
~The feathers on the owl's wings
help the owls fly quietly.
Snowy Owl
The Scientific Name for the Snowy Owl is Bubo Scandiocus.
The Snowy Owl looks like a large owl with a rounded head.
They have black spots on their stomach and wings. Unlike most
owls Snowys do not have black eyes.
FUN FACT: Snowy Owls are the heaviest owls in North America.
The Snowy Owl can be found in the Arctic Tundra on rises, in
low valley floors, plateaus, and grasslands.
This owl can eat snowshoe hares (after they break their
neck), fish, lemmings, and voles.
COMMON NAME: Snowy Owl
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Chordata
CLASS: Aves
ORDER: Strigiformes
FAMILY: Strigidae
GENUS: Bubo
SPECIES: Scandiocus
Barn Owl
The Barn Owl's scientific name is Tyto alba.
The Barn Owl has dark eyes, and a distinctly heart-shaped face,
an off white beak, with a sprinkle of gray spotting on their
head.Barn Owls are light gray on their upper body with puffs of
reddish brown. They also have puffs of white feathers. All Barn Owls
have gray spotting on their wings and head.Their feet are a yellowish
brown color.
Barn Owls nest in broken down buildings,caves, and tree hollows.
Female Barn Owls lay 3-6 eggs. A Barn Owl's life span is 1-2 years.
:(
The Barn Owl can be found on
any continent besides Antarctica.
COMMON NAME: Barn Owl
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Chordata
CLASS: Aves
ORDER: Strigiformes
FAMILY: Tytonidae
GENUS: Tyto
SPECIES: Alba
Spotted Owl
The Spotted Owl's Scientific name is Strix Accidentalis.
Their plumage are soft and fluffy. Spotted Owls have dark
eyes and dark spots on the wings, back, and head have less
spots than the breast and stomach.
The Spotted Owl can be found in North America, western
portions/areas of California, Washington, Alaska, and British
Columbia. They can also be found in Southern Utah, Colorado,
Arizona, and New Mexico in the Rocky Mountain region. Or
parts of Mexico.
The Spotted Owl lays 2-3 eggs.
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Chordata
CLASS: Aves
ORDER: Strigiformes
FAMILIES: Strigidae
GENUS: Strix
SPECIES: Accidentalis
Elf Owl
The Elf Owl's Scientific name is Micrathene Whitneyi.
The Elf Owl is small, has a very round head, and no ear
tufts. Their feet and talons are small and weak.
The Elf Owl can be found in the southwest region of the USA
to central Mexico and Baja, California.
Elf Owls eat insects. They eat them by tearing them apart on
tree branches.
They lay 1-5 white eggs in April or May. Elf Owls may be
small and scrawny but they really do look vicious don't they?
:)
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Chordata
CLASS: Aves
ORDER: Strigiformes
FAMILIES: Strigidae
GENUS: Micrathene
SPECIES: Whitneyi
OWL PHOTO ALBUM!
Why We Made This Google
Doc
We made this Google Doc because
we wanted to inform you of the
facts about the owls we chose.
Sarah and Erin hope you will
now be able to identify the
Snowy, Barn, Spotted, and Elf
Owls with our helpful facts/
descriptions and assisting
pictures!
Fun Facts
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Snowy Owl FF: a Snowy Owl named Gizmo played the role of Hedwig,
Harry Potter's owl in the HP films.
Spotted Owl FF: Spotted Owls are endangered. :(
Barn Owl FF: the eldest Barn Owl was 15 years and 5 months old.
Elf Owl FF: Elf Owls are in danger of losing their habitats.
A group of owls is called a parliament.
The "ear tufts" of an owl aren't really ears, but something that
help owls camouflage.
Owls are nocturnal.
there are 216 known species of owls in the world today, 18 of these
belong to the barn owl family, (Tytonidae) while 198 belong to the
typical owl family (Strigidae).
Credits 1 (Photo Album)
Spotted Owl Pictures from:
http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/olympia/wet/team-research/owl-res/index.shtml
www.owlpages.com/image.php?image=species-Strix-occidentalis-6
Elf Owl Pictures from:
http://sdakotabirds.com/species_photos/elf_owl.htm
flickr.com
Snowy Owl Pictures from:
http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~asimow/owls/owls.html
en.wikipedia.org
Barn Owl Pictures from:
http://beforeitsnews.com/unexplained-phenomena/2012/08/the-braxton-countymonster-a-strange-machine-or-a-barn-owl-2430364.html
Credits 2
MOST HELPFUL SITE BY FAR, 1ST PLACE!
http://aviary.owls.com/owl.html
Fun Facts
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/owl.html
http://aviary.owls.com/owl.html
Owl Facts
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/barn-owl-facts.html
library.thinkquest.org/07aug/00180/elfowl.htm
Owl Characteristics
http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/projects/second/owls/owls
.html
animals.about.com/od/owls/owls.htm
Owl Hierarchy
TO CONCLUDE OUR FIELD
GUIDE OF AWESOMENESS!
An owl video!!!
http://worldbookonline.com/student/media?id
=vd000385&st=owls